cool in summer, is winter warmth ..sunlight scattered on a wall
Eastern influence
Western and contemporary expressions of Japanese and Korean poetry forms. Including haiku, senryū, tanke, haiga, sijo etc.
Most of my poems in these styles, focus on the sound count and sound length, as opposed to syllable counting. I’m always aim for a rhythm and flow, and emotional quality, that’s in keeping with my own understanding of the original Eastern roots.
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Summer Flight Triptych
above the pub lawns
poppy seeds scattered on silk
the summer swallow
softening peeps
flutter sunset pink and grey
galah in dusk
wings gliding east
on fading aeroguard tang
hush summer’s end
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Musical magpie discourse
backing track for wild heart’s ease
Now with threat see maggie swoop
terrible, rabid defence
Bloody hell! With boundaries agreed
reigning in peace – so could we?Written in the Korean sijo form, westernised for English, about an Australian experience
Magpies are a highly intelligent species, with complex social structures, and an indescribably beautiful voice. Our wild magpies often make friends with humans, and initiate complex communication rituals with people they see as friends. Come Spring however, their relentlessly aggressive defence of their nesting territories, strikes terror into every Aussie heart, man or child. They won’t attack if you are Friend.
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senryu 7
gentle whispers
caress a quiet ripple
ever outwards -
senryū 5
Cockatoo at Halls Gap in the Grampians raucous shouts swoop in
tree twigs pelting on my head –
hmph… bloody cockies!
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